The Highway Patrol is searching for a driver who hit and killed a cable television employee early Tuesday morning.
Hank Pittman Jr., 61, was working on a cable television line when he was struck by a vehicle that kept going.
Pittman had called his employer, Terra Design Inc., about 2 a.m. to report he had finished his assignment on Old Mountain Road, troopers said.
Shortly before 3 a.m., a passing motorist called 911 to report a man lying in the road.
Pittman, from North Wilkesboro, was airlifted to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, where he later died.
Troopers said they think the vehicle was traveling toward Iredell County. They said the vehicle will have damage to its left front side and possibly a window or the windshield.
Old Mountain Road between Old Concord Church Road and Drumstand Road was closed for several hours Tuesday while officers investigated.
The hit and run occurred near Smith Farms Road.
Troopers said they think whoever hit Pittman stopped briefly because Pittman's jacket was put under his head.
Anyone with information about the fatality is asked to call the Highway Patrol at 466-5500.
Record news partner WSOC-TV contributed to this report.
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